"Finite time, infinite ability"

Dia Mirza, an actress who is DDG (drop-dead-gorgeous), vivacious and brainy to boot, believes in trying out new things, as evident from her Bengali movie debut Paanch Adhyay. After all, as she says in a recent interview, we have a finite time in which to grow and improve infinitely.

Describing her career as "a journey has been engaging, educational and ever enriching". she further says that "the most important lesson has been the realisation that as human beings, while we are all blessed with a finite amount of time, we are also blessed with an infinite ability to grow and improve."

"Our level of awareness can sometimes be the difference in recognising opportunities for their real worth as they come our way, but irrespective (of that), every decision brings in its wake an experience that can be learnt from, and the understanding when applied, can help you plan a well structured life...", she philosophises.

Now, isn't there a glittering message in there for us seekers this Diwali?

1. This journey is all about making the most of our time here, even if we have 1000 reincarnations.

2. To be positive in our approach to a fellow human being.

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3. To acknowledge that if we are human, we will get hurt, but not to make a habit of it.

4. To avoid emotional pits where we can fall and get hurt, again and again.

5. To embark on that painful path called growth, learn the lessons needed to improve ourselves, and finally realise just how robust we actually are.

6. And most of all, not to lose one's sense of optimism or cheerful spirit in the ocean of life.

Because we are all in it together...on the same path, the same journey...and as Dia says, Life is very short; so don't waste it by crying. Learn to laugh...